Awards

The Association's awards program honors significant contributions to libraries and librarianship. Some awards are from the Association as a whole, others are awarded by individual Sections of the Association. For further details and qualifications, please refer to the LLA Manual.

Association Awards

Alex Allain Intellectual Freedom Award

Recognizes the contributions of an individual or a group actively promoting intellectual freedom in Louisiana.

Anthony H. Benoit Mid-Career Award

Essae M. Culver Distinguished Service Award

Honors a librarian whose professional service and achievements, whose leadership in Louisiana association work, and whose lifetime accomplishments in a field of librarianship within the state merit recognition of particular value to Louisiana librarianship.

Lucy B. Foote Award

Margaret T. Lane Award

This award is sponsored by the Government Documents Round Table to recognize an individual or organization that has made an especially significant contribution in advancing access to, or use of government information in Louisiana.

Sue Hefley Educator of the Year Award

Support Staff Professional of the Year Award

Presented by the Louisiana Support Staff Association of Libraries (LaSSAL) to a support staff professional who has made outstanding contribution to his/her library in the field of experience and advanced and strengthened the image of support staff.